"Mother, what should we do about my cousin's marriage to my eighth brother?"
After entertaining Consort Yi with colorful clothes for a while, Yin Tang suddenly said...
He still had some affection for his lively cousin.
In his opinion, Yinzhi was cunning and adept at acting, and his straightforward younger cousin would definitely be completely fooled.
"The engagement is already set. Unless she has a serious illness, she will definitely become the Eighth Prince's wife." Consort Yi's words revealed some dislike for her niece.
Yinzhen noticed Consort Yi's displeasure but didn't take it seriously, saying to himself, "It's a real pity that my little cousin is paired with Eighth Brother. My little cousin is beautiful and decisive. Marrying into another family as the granddaughter of Prince An would be much more pleasant than marrying a prince."
Consort Yi took a piece of fruit and stuffed it into her foolish son's mouth: "Only the person drinking the water knows whether it is hot or cold. You may feel it is a pity, but others may be overjoyed."
Yinzhen hurriedly chewed on the fruit, his words slurred, "Mother doesn't like my cousin?"
Consort Yi raised an eyebrow: "A proud and arrogant little girl, dreaming of soaring to the heavens before she's even fully grown her feathers, what's so appealing about her? A canary can never become a phoenix, no matter how beautiful its feathers are."
Consort Yi disliked him, and Yinzhi immediately stopped caring so much about his distant cousin.
“Mother has the best eye for people. Since you dislike my cousin, she must not be a good person. In that case, I will not play the villain and save her from trouble. I wish her and my eighth brother a long and happy life together,” said Yinzhen.
Consort Yi didn't take the young girl seriously at all; her alluring peach blossom eyes, even more captivating than Yinzhen's, narrowed dangerously.
"Others' affairs are for others to manage. You should think about how to make up for all this absurdity." Consort Yi pulled out a feather duster from somewhere and started hitting Yinzhen with it.
After being hit a few times, Yinzhen gasped for breath in pain from his back.
"Mother, Second Brother has already punished us! Look at your beautiful hands, it's not good to use them to hit people. Your son knows he was wrong!" Yin Tang ran around the room, almost clinging to Consort Yi's leg and crying for forgiveness.
I had already coaxed her, so why did Mother suddenly start hitting me?
He's not their biological son, is he?
"Your second brother punished you, so he gets to keep it? As your mother, I can't even discipline my son? Little Ninth, let me tell you, your imperial father knows about this. You've been acting like a brat for half a year, having a good time, haven't you? You'll have to pay for all of this!" Consort Yi sneered.
Yinzhen recalled his father Kangxi's stern face, which commanded respect even without anger, and knelt down on the ground with a thud.
This is never over!
"Your son will go back to the books you copied, Prince. From now on, I will ignore everything else and focus solely on studying the classics. Mother, your son takes his leave." Yinzhen clasped his hands in a fist salute and rushed out in a hurry.
Watching Yinzhen run away as if being chased by a dog, Consort Yi leaned against the cushion, smiled gently, and looked stunning.
"Silly son, fools are often blessed," Consort Yi said, tossing the feather duster aside with a relaxed expression.
While Consort Yi was happy, Prince Yinzhi was suffering.
He had finally managed to win over the two boys, Yin Tang and Yin E, with smiles and flattery, but before he could recoup his losses and gain their support, they inexplicably distanced themselves from him.
Not only that, people would rather avoid him than see him. Even the other members of the imperial family studying in the Imperial Study looked at him strangely.
To make matters worse, Consort Hui, who had raised him like a son, suddenly summoned all her granddaughters from outside the palace to stay in the palace for a while.
The three young princesses each had their own room, so Consort Liang was expelled from Consort Hui's side palace and moved to a palace without a main seat.
Thus, Consort Liang, her son Yinzhi, and Consort Hui were separated and no longer belonged to the same faction.
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